sgshao Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Hi,I've been searching but no answer yet, hope your experts could give me some hints. Here is my question. Recently, I bought a cheap IDE ATA133-R raid card(it is using Silicon 0680a chips.) for my old P-III desktop (mobo is Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X). Following the user manual, I had my card installed and connected my two old HDs to it.I gave a full fresh XP installation. I could catch the "F3" screen and setup RAID 0 array. I also got F6 while XP installation prompt for third party SCSI drivers, it was accepted correctly as "Silicon Image SiI 0680 Ultra-133 Medley ATA Raid Controller". After the whole installation, the system asked for a reboot. But it NEVER come back then. I mean it always showing the Windows XP welcome logo with the small scrolling bar rolling forever.Well, I thought it might be something wrong of my installation. But I did it twice for XP installtion and once for Windows 2000 with the same stupid starting problem. I thought it might be wrong with my harddisk, but it turns out OK. I thought it might be the raid card driver, so I downloaded the latest one directly from Silicon website reinstall it, but the problem still. Also, there is only one way I could get my XP started is to disconnect HDs from the RAID card (no drivers on it now). The windows runs flawlessly and I checked control pannel -> system, the card is installed properly. So WHAT IS THE PROBLEM is my question, pls help me. Thanks for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Also, there is only one way I could get my XP started is to disconnect HDs from the RAID card (no drivers on it now).This part is kind of confusing...Are you installing to a hard drive attached to the onboard IDE controller, but also have the add-in RAID controller with drives on it? Or did you just remove them from the RAID controller and attach them to the onboard controller for testing? Basically, what I'm asking is...what is your full hard drive configuration with all drives attached where you want them pre-installation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgshao Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 Also, there is only one way I could get my XP started is to disconnect HDs from the RAID card (no drivers on it now).This part is kind of confusing...Are you installing to a hard drive attached to the onboard IDE controller, but also have the add-in RAID controller with drives on it? Or did you just remove them from the RAID controller and attach them to the onboard controller for testing? Basically, what I'm asking is...what is your full hard drive configuration with all drives attached where you want them pre-installation?Yes, I agree. That part is kind of confusing...What I did was quite simple. There is one 80G HD hooked on primary IDE controller of mobo with XP pro installed on it. I just pulled the cable off the RAID card that with two 20G HD connected. So it's only the RAID card itself stands there and XP feels better and starts OK. Can't believe it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 So the drive configuration you're trying to get running is an 80GB drive connected to the onboard controller and two 20GB drives connected to the add-in RAID controller?Sounds like you may just need to check your boot order in the BIOS. With a system that old make sure that "SCSI" isn't listed first in the boot order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgshao Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 So the drive configuration you're trying to get running is an 80GB drive connected to the onboard controller and two 20GB drives connected to the add-in RAID controller?Sounds like you may just need to check your boot order in the BIOS. With a system that old make sure that "SCSI" isn't listed first in the boot order.Good point. I gave two shots though. 1. Setup a stripped 40GB RAID 0 set with fresh Windows XP Pro installed, Boot sequence is SCSI->IDE-0->CDROM2. Still 40GB RAID 0 set, but booting from 80GB drive connected to onboard controller with Windows xp pro installed months ago,(of course RAID card driver installed already, pnp0680r.sys). Boot sequence is CDROM-> IDE-0-> SCSIIn both cases, I could have XP well come window, but the small scrolling bar keeps running forever. Whatever it is safe mode or normal, it won't work. I am not sure what's wrong with it. But this addin RAID card has been installed successfully in another pc set and worked. My best bet it is not competiable with this mobo which uses VIA. Anybody has heard about it before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I've had issues with Promise controllers on older PIII systems like that. Try moving the card to another PCI slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgshao Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 I've had issues with Promise controllers on older PIII systems like that. Try moving the card to another PCI slot.OK, I moved the card to another PCI slot which was used by network card before. But it still didn't work out. Anyway, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grope For Luna Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 (edited) never mind... fixed it. Edited April 10, 2006 by Grope For Luna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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